hoopstick

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noun

A light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.

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Meanings

nounhoopstick (plural hoopsticks)

plural hoopsticks

  1. A light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.

    The floor is of 2⅜-in. boards, and the roof of ⅞-in. boards covered with roofing canvas is laid on hardwood hoopsticks bolted to the steel carlines.

    1952 January, “British Railways Standard Wagons”, in Railway Magazine, page 61
  2. A stick used for rolling a child's play hoop.

Origin

From hoop + stick.

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APA

hoopstick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoopstick

MLA

“hoopstick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoopstick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoopstick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoopstick.

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